#DCB051#DCB051

#DCB051 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.123 H 84.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCB051
RGB	rgb(220, 176, 81)
HSL	hsl(41, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(41, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.10, 5.69, 53.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.10, 53.80, 83.93°)
OKLab	oklab(77.89% 0.0125 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(77.89% 0.123 84.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.5282, 46.8633, 14.3778)
Luminance	0.4686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCB051 #517DDC

analogous

#DC6B51 #DCB051 #C3DC51

triadic

#DCB051 #51DCB0 #B051DC

tetradic

#DCB051 #51DC6B #517DDC #DC51C3

square

#DCB051 #51DC6B #517DDC #DC51C3

split-complementary

#DCB051 #51C3DC #6B51DC

monochromatic

#956F1E #C89528 #DCB051 #E6C784 #F0DEB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#DCB051 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#DCB051 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCB051

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCB051	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCB051	1.00	2.02	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B047

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDA29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcb051;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 176, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.123 84.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac785',
    500: '#dcb051',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcb051;
$custom-light: #eac785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcb051",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.007,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77888,
    "c": 0.12345,
    "h": 84.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCB051

secondary

#A9BAE0

accent

#75E93E

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCB051

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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